Where does “cruit” come from?
cruit (Irish) comes from Old Irish cruitt, from Old Irish crott, from Old Irish -id, from Proto-Celtic -īti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
cruit (Irish): harp; hunch, hump
Ancestry of “cruit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Irish | cruitt | harpist; Alternative form of crott |
| 2 | Old Irish | crott | harp, lute |
| 3 | Old Irish | -id | Forms a noun of agency |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | -īti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
Words derived from “cruit”